COVID-19; vaccination hesitancy; risk; health communication; health messages; United Kingdom

La Placa, Vincent, Reiss, Lisa-Marie, Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and Jeavons, Charlotte (2023) Perceptions of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and health messages among undergraduate students. International Public Health Journal, 15 (2). pp. 187-196. ISSN 1947-4989 (Online)

Film, public health, leadership, pedagogic, education

Gritton, James, Jeavons, C., Mehmet, Nevin, La Placa, Vincent and Stewart, Jill ORCID: 0000-0002-3031-8082 (2015) Movies in the classroom: lessons for curriculum design. In: SHIFT 2015: Sparking Ideas: Sharing Educational Innovation, 9 January 2015, Greenwich.

Gypsies; Travellers; Health; Wellbeing; Settled housing

La Placa, Vincent and Smith, David (2016) The health and wellbeing of gypsies and travellers in settled housing: A narrative review of the evidence and policy. International Journal of Social Science Studies, 4 (9). pp. 87-96. ISSN 2324-8033 (Print), 2324-8041 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v4i9.1812)

OECD; health and social care; comparative

Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent (2025) Chapter 1. Introduction. In: Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent, (eds.) Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK. ISBN 978-1032381237; 978-1003343608 (In Press)

Parents; Poverty; Dynamics; Research; Social policy

La Placa, Vincent and Corlyon, Judy (2015) Unpacking the relationship between parenting and poverty: Theory, evidence and policy. Social Policy and Society, 15 (1). pp. 11-28. ISSN 1474-7464 (Print), 1475-3073 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746415000111)

Public Health, Wellbeing, Leadership, Cinema, Pedagogy, Curriculum Design

Gritton, Jim, Stewart, Jill ORCID: 0000-0002-3031-8082 , Jeavons, Charlotte, Mehmet, Nevin and La Placa, Vincent (2016) Movies in the classroom: Lessons for curriculum design. Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, 8 (12). ISSN 2044-0073 (Print), 2044-0081 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v8i12.272)

Research; Inclusion; Children; Parents; Late modernity; Service use

La Placa, Vincent and Corlyon, Judy (2014) Barriers to inclusion and successful engagement of parents in mainstream services: evidence and research. Journal of Children's Services, 9 (3). pp. 220-234. ISSN 1746-6660 (Print), 2042-8677 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/JCS-05-2014-0027)

Wellbeing; Capitalism; Late modernity; Social policy; Epistemology and research

La Placa, Vincent and Knight, Anneyce (2017) The emergence of wellbeing in late modern capitalism: Theory, research and policy responses. International Journal of Social Science Studies, 5 (3). ISSN 2324-8033 (Print), 2324-8041 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v5i3.2207)

global public health; social science

La Placa, Vincent and Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 (eds.) (2022) Social science perspectives on global public health. Routledge - Taylor & Francis, London. ISBN 978-0367652098; 978-1003128373

globalisation; health; wellbeing; foundationalism

La Placa, Vincent and Knight, Anneyce (2022) Globalisation and global public health. In: La Placa, Vincent and Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 , (eds.) Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health. Routledge, London, pp. 17-28. ISBN 978-0367652098

health and social care; OECD; comparative

Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent (2025) Chapter 18. Conclusion: Comparative perspectives on health and social care policy and practice across OECD countries. In: Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent, (eds.) Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK. ISBN 978-1032381237; 978-1003343608 (In Press)

health and social care; OECD; comparative analysis

Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent (eds.) (2025) Contemporary issues in health and social care policy and practice: a comparative introduction. Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK. ISBN 978-1032381237; 978-1003343608 (In Press)

loneliness; OECD; health and social care

Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent (2025) Chapter 17. Loneliness. In: Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent, (eds.) Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK. ISBN 978-1032381237; 978-1003343608 (In Press)

loneliness; young people; public health

Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent (2023) Loneliness is a major public health problem – and young people are bearing the brunt of it. The Conversation:218391. ISSN 2201-5639

public health, well-being, policy discourse, communities, Big society, localism, social capital

La Placa, V. and Knight, A. (2014) Well-being: its influence and local impact on public health. Public Health, 128 (1). pp. 38-42. ISSN 0033-3506 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2013.09.017)

public health; loneliness; theory; social constructionism

La Placa, Vincent and Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 (2022) The social construction of loneliness and global public health. In: La Placa, Vincent and Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 , (eds.) Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health. Routledge, London, pp. 189-198. ISBN 978-0367652098

public health; theory; application; practice

La Placa, Vincent and Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 (2022) Public health, theory, and application to policy and practice. In: La Placa, Vincent and Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 , (eds.) Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health. Routledge, London, pp. 5-17. ISBN 978-0367652098

qualitative research, segmentation, behaviour change, critical public health, healthcare interventions,

La Placa, Vincent, McVey, Dominic, MacGregor, Ewen, Smith, Amy and Scott, Malcolm (2013) The contribution of qualitative research to the Healthy Foundations life-stage segmentation. Critical Public Health, 24 (3). pp. 266-282. ISSN 0958-1596 (Print), 1469-3682 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2013.797068)

segmentation, social marketing, health policy, Healthy Foundations, interventions design

Smith, Amy, Humphreys, Simon, Heslington, Lorna, La Placa, Vincent, McVey, Dominic and MacGregor, Ewen (2011) The healthy foundations life-stage segmentation. Research report no. 2: The qualitative analysis of the motivation segments. Project Report. Department of Health, London, UK.

social tourism, organised capitalism, health and wellbeing, neo-liberalism, localism

La Placa, Vincent and Corlyon, Judy (2013) Social tourism and organised capitalism: research, policy and practice. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 6 (1). pp. 66-79. ISSN 1940-7963 (Print), 1940-7971 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/19407963.2013.833934)

welfare state; healthcare; social care; theories; policies

La Placa, Vincent and Hackett, Lotta (2025) Chapter 2. Theories of social policy and welfare states. In: Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent, (eds.) Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK. ISBN 978-1032381237; 978-1003343608 (In Press)

well-being, public health

La Placa, V. and Knight, A. (2014) Response to Dr Alain Braillon. Public Health, 128 (7). p. 679. ISSN 0033-3506 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2014.04.008)

wellbeing, Healthy Universities, settings based health promotion, community action, community engagement

Knight, Anneyce and La Placa, Vincent (2013) Healthy Universities: taking the University of Greenwich Healthy Universities Initiative forward. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 51 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 1463-5240 (Print), 2164-9545 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2012.738877)

wellbeing, definitional framework, holistic research, theoretical framework, policy development, well-being

La Placa, Vincent, McNaught, Allan and Knight, Anneyce (2013) Discourse on wellbeing in research and practice. International Journal of Wellbeing, 3 (1). pp. 116-125. ISSN 1179-8602 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v3i1.7)

wellbeing, policy, practice

Knight, Anneyce, La Placa, Vincent and McNaught, Allan (eds.) (2014) Wellbeing: Policy and practice. Lantern Publishing Ltd., Banbury, UK. ISBN 9781908625229

wellbeing; healthcare; social care; OECD; research; policy

La Placa, Vincent (2025) Chapter 4. Towards a definitional framework of wellbeing in health and social care research, policy, and practice. In: Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent, (eds.) Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK. ISBN 978-1032381237; 978-1003343608 (In Press)